Prisoner Escape Alarms Sheriff During Train Transfer
Sheriff O C Gosman pursues prisoner Dick Anderson who escaped from a moving Pullman on a Rock River to Dillon run after being allowed to wash hands aboard the Idaho Falls to Butte line. Anderson vanished through a toilet window as the train neared 40 miles per hour. pursuit and inquiries follow with suspicions he reached Butte.
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O. C. Gosman
Dillon
Laramie
Wyo
Dick Anderson
Metlen
J. M ‘Hill
Bedrock
Anderson
Pocatello
Idaho
Gosman
Idaho Falls
Gorman
Sheriff Gosman
Butte
Escapee Anderson Bared From Dillon To Rock River Pursuit
An escaped man known as Anderson fled without coat or hat wearing only corduroy pants and a shirt. He claimed Rock River Wyoming as his old stamping ground and that he returned to kill his brother’s shooter. He had given a revolver to a sheriff in Idaho and was unarmed when captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Rock River
Wyo
Bowen Heads to New York City for Several Weeks
Jack Bowen left for New York City the first of the week, expecting to be absent several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bowen
New York City
Mining News of the County Highlights Leasing Growth at Argenta
Dillon man Dan Burkholder reports forming the Argenta-Dillon Leasing and the Butte Argenta Leasing companies near Argenta. The Dillon-Argenta Leasing mine at Magnolia, formerly Haw now Baker, will ship ore to Canyon City Smelting. Ore runs lead-silver valued to $50 per ton. four feet of high quality ore in the drift. The Butte-Argenta Leasing company plans multiple claims and $500 monthly for a year to develop them. Iron Mountain mine workers to be expanded once ditch, water, and power are ready. not less than 30 miners expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Burkholder
Dillon
North Dakota Mining Company
Polaris
Argenta-Dillon Leasing Company
Butte Argenta Leasing Company
Argenta
Dillon-Argenta Leasing Company
Magnolia
Thomas Haw
John S. Baker
Mr. Burkholder
Canyon City
Colo
Butte-Argenta Leasing Company
Butte-Argenta Mining Company
Iron Mountain
Lands must be listed before homestead entries can be made
Helena officials say no right to enter under the enlarged homestead law exists until lists of lands subject to entry are received at local offices. No entries or appeals will be allowed until the lands are inspected and listed, a process that may take years, with Beaverhead valley lands among those awaiting listing.
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Butte Miner
Helena
Helena Land Office
Dennett
Beaverhead Valley
Governor White Expands Plans for New Montana Glendale Block
Governor B White enlarges his Montana and Glendale business block to 75 by 150 feet two story with basement. Eph Stoller to demolish old Hart millinery building and excavate, foundation to begin after excavation. Five store rooms on first floor with Bell Telephone HQ, brick walls sandstone trim, modern plate glass fronts, heating by hot water or steam. Total cost at least 30000 dollars.
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Eph Stoller
Anna Hart
Stoller
Gov. White
Bell Telephone Company
Nydia Spencer Weds Chester Gilbert in Butte City
Miss Nydia Spencer, a popular Portland young lady, marries Mr. Chester Gilbert in a quiet Butte ceremony. The pair traveled from Dillon with close friends acting as attendants, and Rev. J. E. Noftsinger officiated at the Thornton hotel. A lavish wedding dinner followed in the hotel dining room.
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Butte
Chester Gilbert
Nydia Spencer
Dillon
Ralph White
Grace Gray
Thornton Hotel
J. E. Noftsinger
The
Butte Baptist Church
Publicity man sees Dillon’s dry farming potential
Geo. C. Swan, publicity man for the Dry Farming Congress to be held in Billings this year, visited Dillon to assess local interest in dry farming. He said Beaverhead valley has strong stakes to attract settlers, noting Montana will draw thousands to dry land farms. Billings pushes for a successful congress with national and international exhibitors.
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George C. Swan
Billings
Dillon
City
Swan
Montana
Congress
United States
Beaverhead County
Deputy Forest Ranger Marries Lone Big Hole Leader
Will C Butterfield major deputy forest ranger of the Big Hole national forest wed Miss Loraine Robinson of Little Rock Arkansas in Salt Lake City. The popular pair planned a quiet ceremony after his trip to meet her, following years of bachelor life and steady courtship by friends.
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Will Butterfield
Big Hole National Forest
Little Rock, Ark
Will
Loraine Robinson
Little Rock
Arkansas
Hare
Salt Lake City
Miss Boise
Butterfield to wed Miss Robinson and move to Dillon
Mr Butterfield told this paper he expects to marry Miss Robinson on Thursday and later travel with his bride to Salt Lake City before arriving in Dillon around April 20. They plan to live at the ranger's station near Argenta. Locals extend best wishes and a hearty welcome to Mrs Butterfield. Mrs Kate Poindexter returned to Butte after a week with Dillon relatives.
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Dillon
Butterfield
Bill
Kate Poindexter
Butte
Butte Ceremony Joins Miss Onie Harrison and James R Crook
In Butte on Wednesday noon Miss Onie Harrison and Mr. James R Crook wed in the parlors of the Butte hotel with Rev Noftsinger officiating. A dinner followed. best man and bridesmaid were Mr and Mrs Sylvester Hirschman. After a short honeymoon the couple will reside at 9 South Orr street Dillon after May 15.
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Dillon
Onie Harrison
James R. Crook
Butte
Noftsinger
Butte Baptist Church
Sylvester Hirschman
J. C. Harrison
Pipestone
Minn
Ed. Cushing
Montana Street
Missoula
Narrow Escape From Death on Beaverhead Bridge
Miss Gertrude Reardon of Anaconda fell from the wagon bridge into the Beaverhead river while her companion Miss Mary Gorman of Havre called for help. Gorman grabbed Reardon’s coat, and with Mrs Lennox and others they pulled her from swift water as the bank cracked and collapsed nearby. Doctors revived her at Lennox home. Reardon recalls nothing of the plunge.
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Dillon
Gertrude Reardon
Anaconda
Mary Gorman
Havre
Normal College
Beaverhead River
Miss Reardon
Miss Gorman
Lennox
Beaverhead
Mr. Lennox
Lennox Home
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Dark Horse
Big Hole Basin
Rockies
G. Nyhart
L. M. Wolf
S.A. Godfrey
A. N. Rodgers
Madison
White
Gov. B. White
Montana and
Glendale Streets
Bride
Portland
Oregon
Gilbert Ranch
Geo. C. Swan
Win. C. Butterfield
Harrison Crook
Fannie Browne
Carrie Sappington
Jefferson
Interior Department
Carter
Ballinger
Agennes
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